Setup your PC

To run grandMA2 onPC with the best result, we recommend to adjust the following settings on your PC.

Turn on High Performance Power Plan

To turn on the high performance power plan:

• Click the Start button , and then click Control Panel. In the search box, type power options, and then click Power Options. Under Select a power plan, click Show additional plans, and then click High performance.

The high performance power plan is turned on.

Optimize High Performance Power Options

Turn off everything what can interrupt the grandMA2 onPC.

To optimize the power options:

1. Click Change plan settings, and then Change advance power settings.
2. Choose for turn off the hard disk, Never.
3. Choose for USB selective suspend setting, Disabled.
4. Click Save changes.

The power options are optimized.

Choose Windows® Design Classic

To conserve the graphic card resources, select the Windows® Classic design.

• Click the Start button , and then click Control Panel. In the search box, type personalization, and then click Personalization. Under Basic and High Contrast Themes, click Windows® Classic.

The Windows Classic design is selected.

Disable the Screen Saver

To conserve the graphic card resources, disable the screen saver.

• Click the Start button , and then click Control Panel. In the search box, type personalization, and then click Personalization. Click Screen Saver, and select in the drop down None.

The screen saver is disabled.

Optimize System Settings

To optimize the system settings:

1. Click the Start button , and then click Control Panel. In the search box, type system, and then click System. Click Advanced system settings, and select the tab Advanced, click under Performance, Settings... .
2. Select tab Advanced and click Background service.
3. For low performance graphic cards only:
   Select tab Visual Effects and change the performance options to best performance.
   Click Adjust for best performance.

The system settings are optimized.

Assign grandMA2 onPC to the High Performance Graphic Card

To assign the grandMA2 onPC software to the high performance graphic card:

• Open the Control Panel of the high performance graphic card. For more information, see the manual of the high performance graphic card.

The grandMA2 onPC software is assigned to the high performance graphic card.

Select dedicated AMD Graphic Card

To select the dedicated AMD graphic card:

1. Right mouse click on desktop and select Catalyst Graphics Properties.
2. Click under Power at Switchable Graphics Application Settings.
3. Click at All Applications.
4. Search for grandMA2 onPC and select in the drop down menu under Graphic Settings High Performance.
5. Click Apply.

grandMA2 onPC is using the dedicated AMD graphic card.